Suggestions for patients following a fetal or infant loss.
After experiencing a fetal or infant loss, women will often feel confused, overwhelmed, sad, hopeless, angry and/or numb. Perinatal providers should be equipped to help link clients to services after a loss.
The Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program proposes the following for All Providers:
Take time to make the "Initial Call" with her. Information will be collected by CCCC and then she will be called back.
If assistance to link to CCCC is declined, check in periodically; there is no "right" time for grief counseling. A women will decide when the time is right for her.
CCCC provides individual and group bereavment support following a loss at no cost for Contra Costa residents. Information will be collected and then she will be called back.
After experiencing a fetal or infant loss, women will often feel confused, overwhelmed, sad, hopeless, angry and/or numb. Perinatal providers should be equipped to help link clients to services after a loss.
The Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) program proposes the following for All Providers:
CCCC provides individual and group bereavment support following a loss at no cost for Contra Costa residents. Information will be collected and then she will be called back.
Additional Documents:
FIMR Program description
FIMR provider flyer